Category: life

  • The Bird

    The Bird

    The words left my mouth and it hit me: “wait, that did not sound right…”

  • You Call That a Mess?

    You Call That a Mess?

    Clearly we have different standards. It’s not a contest or anything, but — let’s just say that I am definitely winning on how much of a disaster my house is.

  • Units of Patience

    Units of Patience

    I mean, yeah, it’s nice that there’s music and stuff so I know they didn’t forget about me on hold.

  • Ronald McDahlnald

    Ronald McDahlnald

    One of my kids was also having trouble with this author’s name for her own book report (in a different class). We helped her remember it as “Rolled Doll” and when she practiced her presentation and had trouble I would mime like I was tossing something low to the ground (the imaginary doll) to help…

  • Hashtag Numerology

    Hashtag Numerology

    Now I’m just waiting for all the automated phone messages to start telling me to enter a number “followed by a hashtag” because it will surely resonate better with the next generation than “pound sign.”

  • Idle Chit-Chat

    Idle Chit-Chat

    Certainly it was not the best night of sleep I’ve ever had, but at least I was able to remember some of these night-time kid pronouncements for comic purposes.

  • Quiet Hours Fits

    Quiet Hours Fits

    We received a very sweet apology note in the morning from one of the other bunk rooms for their having re-created the Eras Tour during quiet hours. Somehow I didn’t notice that with everything going on in our own bunk room.

  • Silver Linings

    Silver Linings

    Another verification that absence does make the heart grow fonder / they appreciate you more when you’re not there to hear it.

  • The First One’s Free

    The First One’s Free

    Was it a spirit? Was it a 4-dimensional being? Was it a trick? It was something, and clowns were involved.

  • The Star Wars Formula

    The Star Wars Formula

    I get it: George Lucas wasn’t sure he’d get to make more movies, so he condensed some of his epic story into Episode 4 and then did get to make Episodes 5 and 6, so the Death Star shows up again. What was Disney’s excuse for recycling stuff from earlier Star Wars movies?